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CONCERT

CLEMENS GADENSTÄTTER: AMERICAN IMMERSION

THURSDAY MAY 21, 07:30 PM

iNSIDE Out Chamber Music

The ACFNY is proud to be teaming up with the Talea Ensemble to present the third installment of their annual American Immersion series, this year featuring Austrian composer Clemens Gadenstätter. Join us for the opening concert, an evening of contemporary chamber music, where the JACK Quartet will perform US premieres of Gadenstätter’s works for small ensembles and a special ACFNY commission from 2012.

Clemens Gadenstätter’s work revolves around the semantic aspects of sounds. Born in Zell am See, Austria in 1966, he studied composition with Erich Urbanner and Helmut Lachenmann and flute at the Music University in Vienna.

His interest lies not only in the sounds of new music, but more generally, all sounds that shape the human hearing experience: noises from everyday life, entertainment, music, and even sounds from advertisement or movies.

The JACK Quartet electrifies audiences worldwide with "explosive virtuosity" (Boston Globe) and "viscerally exciting performances" (New York Times). The Philadelphia Inquirer has proclaimed their performance as being "among the most stimulating new-music concerts of my experience."